I think it's a fallacy that the harder you practice the better you get.

But primarily, the drummer's supposed to sit back there and swing the band.

If you can play, you can play anything. I don't like classifications.

And, well of course, Count Basie, and I think all of the black bands of the late thirties and early forties, bands with real players. They had an influence on everybody, not just drummers.

Almost everything I've done, I've done through my own creativity.

But, when you have to resort to turntables, trick lights, flashing lights, fire and all that, you're actually saying, I need this because what I do is not all that together.

As far as music school goes, I walked through Berkelee one time.